%0 Journal Article %1 Riordan1984 %A Riordan, M. M. %A Iwata, B. A. %A Finney, J. W. %A Wohl, M. K. %A Stanley, A. E. %D 1984 %J J Appl Behav Anal %K Behavior Therapy; Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Disabled Persons; Eating Disorders; Failure to Thrive; Female; Food Preferences; Hemiplegia; Humans; Hydrocephalus; Infant; Male; Play and Playthings; Reinforcement, Social; Seizures; Vision Disorders %N 3 %P 327--341 %R 10.1901/jaba.1984.17-327 %T Behavioral assessment and treatment of chronic food refusal in handicapped children. %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1984.17-327 %V 17 %X In this study, we examined the eating behavior of four handicapped children, none of whom exhibited self-feeding skills. All children had a history of food refusal and were nutritionally at risk; one child received all nourishment by way of gastrostomy tube. Baseline data taken during mealtimes indicated that all children accepted very little food, expelled food frequently, and engaged in a number of disruptive behaviors. Treatments consisted of one or more of the following contingent events: social praise, access to preferred foods, brief periods of toy play, and forced feeding. Results of multiple-baseline and reversal designs showed marked behavioral improvement for each child and increases in the amount of food consumed. Further improvements were noted at follow-up, which ranged from 7 to 30 months posttreatment.

@article{Riordan1984, abstract = {In this study, we examined the eating behavior of four handicapped children, none of whom exhibited self-feeding skills. All children had a history of food refusal and were nutritionally at risk; one child received all nourishment by way of gastrostomy tube. Baseline data taken during mealtimes indicated that all children accepted very little food, expelled food frequently, and engaged in a number of disruptive behaviors. Treatments consisted of one or more of the following contingent events: social praise, access to preferred foods, brief periods of toy play, and forced feeding. Results of multiple-baseline and reversal designs showed marked behavioral improvement for each child and increases in the amount of food consumed. Further improvements were noted at follow-up, which ranged from 7 to 30 months posttreatment.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T21:08:41.000+0200}, author = {Riordan, M. M. and Iwata, B. A. and Finney, J. W. and Wohl, M. K. and Stanley, A. E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2507b3b353e3ff3f83c946a80b99ba5c2/ar0berts}, doi = {10.1901/jaba.1984.17-327}, groups = {public}, interhash = {c94327fa449c2e7f3737c3af1bed26da}, intrahash = {507b3b353e3ff3f83c946a80b99ba5c2}, journal = {J Appl Behav Anal}, keywords = {Behavior Therapy; Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Disabled Persons; Eating Disorders; Failure to Thrive; Female; Food Preferences; Hemiplegia; Humans; Hydrocephalus; Infant; Male; Play and Playthings; Reinforcement, Social; Seizures; Vision Disorders}, number = 3, pages = {327--341}, pmid = {6239853}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T21:08:41.000+0200}, title = {Behavioral assessment and treatment of chronic food refusal in handicapped children.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1984.17-327}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 17, year = 1984 }